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United Way of Dane County Inc

Unite the community to achieve measurable results that change lives.

$13M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
132
Itemized grants FY2024
131
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$11M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,722
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,203,675
Organizations funded a year
106 to 147
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$22M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations United Way of Dane County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving126$11M11%
FY2023131$12M12%
FY2022138$12M18%
FY2021138$13M22%
FY2020147$14M29%
FY2019112$13M7%
FY2018121$13M17%
FY2017106$13Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$27MHealth$23MCommunity Improvement$9.1MYouth Development$8.5MPhilanthropy$8.2MHousing & Shelter$7.4MEducation$6.5MFood & Nutrition$4.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rise Wisconsin Inc$9,532,900821%
YWCA Madison Inc$8,062,795824%
Community Health Charities of Wisconsin$6,151,3118n/a
Centro Hispano Inc$3,789,252841%
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$3,688,59385%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$3,433,428823%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$3,240,101818%
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc$2,703,371820%
Justdane$2,652,992827%
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc$2,495,84988%
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All grantees of United Way of Dane County Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rise Wisconsin Inc$9,532,900821%
YWCA Madison Inc$8,062,795824%
Community Health Charities of Wisconsin$6,151,3118n/a
Centro Hispano Inc$3,789,252841%
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$3,688,59385%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$3,433,428823%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$3,240,101818%
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc$2,703,371820%
Justdane$2,652,992827%
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc$2,495,84988%
Porchlight Inc$2,011,46886%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$1,968,98181%
United Way of Dane County Foundation Inc$1,938,237714%
The Salvation Army$1,915,4808n/a
Access Community Health Centers Inc$1,840,08681%
Literacy Network Inc$1,807,562821%
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin$1,804,16681%
Madison Metropolitan School District$1,654,9608n/a
Journey Mental Health Center Inc$1,608,65881%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$1,532,338816%
American Heart Association Inc$1,465,37880%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$1,459,187816%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$1,437,36983%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$1,185,17484%
Dane County Humane Society$1,116,74484%
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$1,102,29688%
The Rainbow Project Inc$1,061,802812%
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc$1,049,16387%
Wayforward Resources Inc$962,99085%
The Playing Field Inc$847,007511%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$805,51779%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$786,74784%
Hunger Task Force Inc$736,58281%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$719,32080%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$680,89882%
Urban Triage Incorporated$668,623521%
East Madison Community Center Inc$594,743816%
Hmong Institute Incorporated$549,518514%
Home Health United Inc$512,37261%
Stoughton Area Resource Team$486,931837%
Sunshine Place Inc$486,500812%
Newbridge Madison Inc$456,35086%
America's Charities$441,73080%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$395,24935%
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc$384,762814%
The River Food Pantry Inc$379,86981%
Independent Living Inc$365,35845%
Sankofa Behavioral and Community Health Inc$362,705618%
Simpson Street Free Press Inc$353,113816%
American Red Cross Badger Chapter$347,8518n/a
Access to Community Services Incorporated$325,121888%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$323,00084%
Arc Community Services Inc$313,49481%
The Nehemiah Community Development Corporation$313,28685%
Latino Academy of Workforce Development Inc$298,18237%
Dane County Parent Council Inc$292,24880%
Energy Services Inc$286,84980%
Canopy Center Inc$262,06556%
Dane County Department of Human Services$259,1705n/a
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Inc$255,22355%
Family Service Madison Inc$253,86533%
Wisconsin Environmental Education Foundation Inc$253,526826%
Nami Dane County Inc$241,196816%
Three Gaits Inc$239,216812%
Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc$225,81685%
United Way of San Diego County$207,25241%
Sankofa Educational Leadership United SELU$205,9693n/a
Tenant Resource Center Inc$200,08812%
Center for Community Stewardship$199,47852%
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Inc$198,288253%
100 Black Men of Madison Inc$178,790711%
Colonial Club Inc$176,40445%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison Inc$170,86882%
Vivent Health Inc$166,03880%
United Way of Greater St Joseph$165,38232%
Community Groundworks Inc$162,50036%
Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc$160,74651%
Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs Inc$155,978812%
Trained To Grow Inc$148,1012n/a
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$147,41680%
District Council of Madison Inc$147,05580%
Triangle Community Ministry Inc$142,627819%
Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc$141,38481%
Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc$138,10083%
Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Association Inc$137,434414%
The Aly Wolff Foundation Inc$136,482733%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$135,66980%
Families and Schools Together Inc$132,75884%
Anesis Center for Marriage and Family Therapy$130,2102n/a
Deforest Half Century Club Inc$113,773533%
Northeastside Senior Coalition Inc$112,61128%
Valley of the Sun United Way$110,61150%
Madison Northside Planning Council Inc$109,696310%
Mentoring Positives Inc$100,901121%
Neighborhood Food Solutions Inc$100,0001n/a
Potosi Foundation Inc$93,112510%
Access to Independence Inc$92,86252%
Clean Lakes Alliance Inc$92,75972%
United Way of Green County Inc$88,20287%
Sauk Prairie United Way$85,399823%
Boy Scouts of America$85,0367n/a
Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$83,61948%
Greater Madison Conservation Society Inc$83,29941%
Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc$83,12161%
Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies Inc$81,98438%
Friends of the Uw Odyssey Project Inc$80,000130%
Marshfield Area United Way$79,59424%
Edgewood High School$79,1596n/a
Madison Children's Museum Inc$78,40751%
West Madison Senior Coalition Inc$77,66628%
Middleton High School$75,9432n/a
Friends of Madison School-Community Recreation$73,371569%
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Inc$72,57180%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$71,66540%
Maydm Inc$71,36329%
Neighbor to Nation$71,00252%
United Way Blackhawk Region Inc$70,87981%
The Uw-Platteville Foundation and Alumni Association Inc$67,77250%
Madison Gospel 5k Foundation$65,000258%
Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way$59,11138%
Foster of Dane County Inc$57,430113%
Boys & Girls Club of the Colorado River$56,33031%
McFarland Youth Center Inc$53,668612%
Great Rivers United Way Inc$53,64770%
Heartland Housing Inc$50,00011%
Fair Opportunity Project$50,0001n/a
Madison Black Chamber of Commerce Inc$50,000117%
Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County Inc$50,00018%
Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church$50,0001n/a
Reap Food Group Inc$50,00016%
Omega School Inc$50,000110%
Friends of the Waisman Center$49,460613%
Brown County United Way$49,45041%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$47,82520%
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Council Inc$47,21960%
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc$46,56762%
United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc$46,19121%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$45,09220%
St Paul University Catholicfoundation Inc$43,2625n/a
Bayview Foundation Inc$41,9501n/a
Oregon Area Food Pantry$41,81643%
Deerfield Community Center Inc$41,38633%
McFarland Community Food Pantry Inc$40,193410%
Sustain Dane Inc$40,00032%
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc$39,263211%
Marshfield Clinic Inc$39,20040%
City of Stoughton$39,0694n/a
City of Middleton$38,7603n/a
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Church in The$38,5504n/a
Holsey Chapel$36,5504n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$36,1294n/a
Mile High United Way Inc$36,09830%
Bethel Horizons Foundation Inc$35,8382n/a
Movin Out Inc$34,98521%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc$34,40020%
United Fund of Columbus Inc$33,6624n/a
Hillel Foundation University of Wisconsin Inc$33,20012%
Temple Beth El$33,2001n/a
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$33,2001n/a
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc$32,19035%
Cultural Practices That Are Relevant$32,0002n/a
Oregon Youth Center Inc$31,5534n/a
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish$31,2004n/a
Luke House Inc$30,48254%
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc$30,23840%
African Center for Community Development Inc$30,000129%
The Umbrella Transition Corporation$30,0001n/a
Helping Hands Family Services Inc$30,000114%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$28,81930%
Dear Diary Inc$28,00023%
One City Schools Inc$27,84640%
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership$27,50010%
Friends of the Financial Education Center$27,3802n/a
Wisconsin State Journal Youth Services Inc$27,00033%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$26,01641%
Madison Area Technical College$26,0001n/a
Babies & Beyond of WI Inc$25,2061n/a
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc$25,12930%
Midvale-Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization Inc$25,000119%
Lighthouse Church Inc$25,0001n/a
Employment Resources Inc$25,00011%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$24,48140%
LUCES - Latinos United for College Education Scholarship$21,8163n/a
Champions4kids Inc$21,65822%
New Heights Lutheran Church$21,5502n/a
United Way of the Black Hills$21,54011%
Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry Inc$21,19421%
United Way of King County$21,11810%
Two Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique$21,07011%
United Way of Salt Lake$20,8491n/a
The Madison Waldorf School Ltd$20,75012%
Babson College$20,69930%
United Way of the National Capital Area$19,67210%
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$19,65030%
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Inc$19,21831%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$18,94620%
Grace Episcopal Church Foundation Inc$16,8002n/a
Meadowood Neighborhood Association Inc$16,5001n/a
High Point Church Inc$16,2562n/a
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$16,03420%
Urban Community Arts Network Ltd$15,000112%
Mount Zion Baptist Church$15,0002n/a
Blackhawk Evangelical Free Church Inc$14,7602n/a
Rooted Wi Inc$13,29021%
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority$13,1622n/a
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc$12,08420%
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated$12,03112%
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc$11,97521%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$11,69620%
The Ohio University Foundation$11,61010%
Cross Lutheran Church of Middleton$11,6101n/a
Eoto LLC$11,4671n/a
United Way of Washington County Inc$11,37711%
Mba Opens Doors Foundation$11,18020%
Heartland Church of Sun Prairie Inc$10,7501n/a
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc$10,47420%
United Way of Jefferson & N Walworth Counties Inc$10,38622%
Securefutures Foundation Inc$10,10011%
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States$10,03411%
United Way of East Central Iowa$10,00010%
University of Wisconsin Madison$10,0001n/a
St Maria Goretti Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
Cedar Valley United Way$9,61910%
Shelter From the Storm Ministries Inc$9,49511%
Forest City Church$9,3481n/a
Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin Incorporated$9,03011%
Sciart Services$8,9441n/a
Edgewood Campus School Inc$8,85210%
United Negro College Fund Inc$8,60010%
WGBH Educational Foundation$8,60010%
Waukesha Express Swim Team Inc$8,60011%
Peace Lutheran Church$8,1241n/a
United Way of Marathon County Inc$7,98010%
St Olaf Catholic Church$7,5681n/a
Avicenna Society of Madison$7,4501n/a
Chc Creating Healthier Communities$7,19610%
Madison Parks Foundation Inc$6,86613%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$6,70810%
United Way of South Central Michigan$6,50010%
Horizon High School of Madison Inc$6,17211%
The Arc - Dane County Inc$6,105119%
Baps Charities Inc$6,02010%
I Am Kid Culture$6,0001n/a
Northwoods United Way$5,99115%
Edgewood University Inc$5,98910%
United Way of Dodge County Inc$5,93413%
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc$5,93010%
Portage Area United Fund Inc$5,914113%
United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut$5,73610%
Minnesota Regional Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous$5,5901n/a
Olbrich Botanical Society Inc$5,59010%
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc$5,56911%
United Way of the Midlands$5,53010%
United Way of Central Kansas Inc$5,51312%
United Way of Will County$5,46210%
Bethlehem Lutheran Church$5,3751n/a
Sun Prairie Cardinal Swimming Booster Club Inc$5,3751n/a
United Way of Story County Inc$5,32810%
St John the Baptist Church$5,2961n/a
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,18710%
United Way of Sheboygan County Inc$5,17410%
Friends of the Fitchburg Library Inc$5,1601n/a
Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers Inc$5,1181n/a
Madison Community Policing Foundation Inc$5,07719%

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Dane County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRise Wisconsin Inc: $9,532,900 over 8y, 21% of budgetYWCA Madison Inc: $8,062,795 over 8y, 24% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $3,789,252 over 8y, 41% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison: $3,688,593 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetThe Road Home Dane County Inc: $3,433,428 over 8y, 23% of budgetUrban League of Greater Madison Inc: $3,240,101 over 8y, 18% of budgetCommunity Shares of Wisconsin Inc: $2,703,371 over 8y, 20% of budgetJustdane: $2,652,992 over 8y, 27% of budgetCommunity Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc: $2,495,849 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $2,011,468 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $1,968,981 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of Dane County Foundation Inc: $1,938,237 over 7y, 14% of budgetAccess Community Health Centers Inc: $1,840,086 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLiteracy Network Inc: $1,807,562 over 8y, 21% of budgetChildren's Service Society of Wisconsin: $1,804,166 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetJourney Mental Health Center Inc: $1,608,658 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetVera Court Neighborhood Center Inc: $1,532,338 over 8y, 16% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,465,378 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc: $1,459,187 over 8y, 16% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $1,437,369 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $1,185,174 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetDane County Humane Society: $1,116,744 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetBriarpatch Youth Services Inc: $1,102,296 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetThe Rainbow Project Inc: $1,061,802 over 8y, 12% of budgetCommunity Coordinated Child Care Inc: $1,049,163 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetWayforward Resources Inc: $962,990 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetThe Playing Field Inc: $847,007 over 5y, 11% of budgetDomestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc: $805,517 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $786,747 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $736,582 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $719,320 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $680,898 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetUrban Triage Incorporated: $668,623 over 5y, 21% of budgetEast Madison Community Center Inc: $594,743 over 8y, 16% of budgetHmong Institute Incorporated: $549,518 over 5y, 14% of budgetHome Health United Inc: $512,372 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetStoughton Area Resource Team: $486,931 over 8y, 37% of budgetSunshine Place Inc: $486,500 over 8y, 12% of budgetNewbridge Madison Inc: $456,350 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetAmerica's Charities: $441,730 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc: $395,249 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetJewish Social Services of Madison Inc: $384,762 over 8y, 14% of budgetThe River Food Pantry Inc: $379,869 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetIndependent Living Inc: $365,358 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetSankofa Behavioral and Community Health Inc: $362,705 over 6y, 18% of budgetSimpson Street Free Press Inc: $353,113 over 8y, 16% of budgetAccess to Community Services Incorporated: $325,121 over 8y, 88% of budgetLussier Community Education Center Inc: $323,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Madison Community FoundationWI172.3× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About United Way of Dane County Inc

How much does United Way of Dane County Inc give?
United Way of Dane County Inc reported 132 itemized grants totaling $11,376,105, out of $12,506,328 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 106 and 147 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of Dane County Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Health (22%), Community Improvement (9%).
Who are United Way of Dane County Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rise Wisconsin Inc ($9.5M), YWCA Madison Inc ($8.1M), Community Health Charities of Wisconsin ($6.2M).
Does United Way of Dane County Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Dane County Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
Where is United Way of Dane County Inc based?
United Way of Dane County Inc is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 273 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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